OLD OXFORD REVISITED; SOME GREAT NAMES AND PLACES THAT ARE HISTORIC.

OXFORD, Oct. 2.--Tradition tells of a certain philosophical traveler who, on being told that Lisbon had just been swallowed up by an earthquake, mildly observed: "That is somewhat disappointing, as I intended to visit it shortly." I might well have said the same thing of the devastating small-pox that has just broken out in South Africa, which I "intended... View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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